{"id":13056,"date":"2013-09-07T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2013\/09\/07\/en-nigeria-igf-2013-overview\/"},"modified":"2013-09-07T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T12:00:00","slug":"en-nigeria-igf-2013-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2013\/09\/07\/en-nigeria-igf-2013-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF 2013) \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-nigeria-igf-2013-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Nigeria IGF 2013 \u30a2\u30d6\u30b8\u30e3 \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-nigeria-igf-2013-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Nigeria IGF 2013 \u30a2\u30d6\u30b8\u30e3 \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 2nd Nigeria IGF met on 18 June 2013 at the Shehu Musa Yar&#39;Adua Centre in Abuja under the theme &#39;Internet Governance for Empowerment, National Integration and Security&#39; \u2014 over 600 participants, more than double the first edition.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Keynoter Ernest Ndukwe confronted physical attacks on critical ICT infrastructure, from submarine-cable cuts to cable theft, demanding comprehensive cybersecurity laws; delegates also tackled digital exclusion under the northern state of emergency and the infrastructure gaps behind the cashless policy, adopting a 29-point communiqu\u00e9.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This was a national IGF speaking the language of national integration amid Boko Haram&#39;s rise \u2014 and its framing of telecom infrastructure as national security anticipated the submarine-cable debates of a decade later.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>2nd Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF 2013)<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#x1f4cd; Earlier catalogue data said Lagos; the official report confirms the venue was Abuja<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-nigeria-igf-2013-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Nigeria IGF 2013 \u30a2\u30d6\u30b8\u30e3 \u2014 Conference at a glance\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Detail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Official name<\/td>\n<td>2nd Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF 2013)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>18 June 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Shehu Musa Yar&#39;Adua Centre, Abuja<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Internet Governance for Empowerment, National Integration and Security through Multi-stakeholders&#39; Engagement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Speakers<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chair<\/td>\n<td>Chaired by Dr Ernest Ndukwe (co-chair, Presidential Committee on Broadband; former NCC chief); opened by Minister Omobola Johnson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>The Local Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group (LMAG): Federal Ministry of Communication Technology, NCC, NITDA, Nigeria Computer Society, NiRA, DigitalSENSE Africa and others (nine bodies)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Communiqu\u00e9 with 29 recommendations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n<h2>Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-nigeria-igf-2013-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Nigeria IGF 2013 \u30a2\u30d6\u30b8\u30e3 \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Vulnerability of Critical ICT Infrastructure \u2014 Cable Cuts and Cyber Attacks<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Distinguished paper &#39;Addressing the Vulnerability of Critical ICT Infrastructure&#39; by forum chair Dr Ernest Ndukwe<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ndukwe catalogued physical damage to communications infrastructure across Nigeria \u2014 submarine fibre cuts, intercity cable cuts, cable theft and terrorist attacks [1]<\/li>\n<li>Arguing it does not really matter whether critical infrastructure is lost to terrorism, bad planning or deterioration, he urged a long-term vulnerability-mitigation strategy between government and operators and the urgent enactment of comprehensive cybersecurity laws [1]<\/li>\n<li>He anchored the debate in the new National Broadband Plan&#39;s definition of critical ICT infrastructure: networks and systems whose damage would harm national security, the economy, public safety or food security [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. The Northern Emergency and Digital Exclusion \u2014 Why &#39;National Integration&#39; Was on the Banner<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Track 2: Access, Diversity, Digital Inclusion and Integration (moderated by Chidi Odinkalu, chair of the National Human Rights Commission)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The official report records that terror attacks and the northern state of emergency had cut affected communities off from the internet entirely \u2014 an escalating digital exclusion framed as a threat to inclusion in the information society [1]<\/li>\n<li>Delegates dissected the digital-literacy gap \u2014 devices in hand, but little capacity to use them productively \u2014 and low school enrolment in the north, concluding that literacy is a prerequisite for digital citizenship [1]<\/li>\n<li>Declaring that nations without technological sovereignty are not considered sovereign, the communiqu\u00e9 called for a unified national database and digital independence [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Bottlenecks of the Cashless Society \u2014 POS Terminals Riding Congested Mobile Networks<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Track 5: Critical Internet Resources and Infrastructure in the Cashless Society (moderated by the CBN&#39;s director of banking operations and e-payments)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IXPN chief Muhammad Rudman explained why payments fail: POS terminals piggyback on congested GSM networks that prioritise voice, so he urged separating data from voice, licensing 4G broadband and government investment in fibre [1]<\/li>\n<li>Making the central bank&#39;s cashless policy work, delegates argued, meant fixing power, fibre and right-of-way problems at once \u2014 proposals ranged from a CBN intervention fund modelled on the airline bailout to powerline connectivity [1]<\/li>\n<li>The bank-telco divide itself became an issue, with calls to treat mobile money as a telecom-industry innovation rather than a purely banking-regulation matter [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. A National CERT and the Architecture of Trust<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Track 3: Building Trust, Confidence and Assurance on the Internet (moderated by the NCC&#39;s Dr Sylvanus Ehikioya)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;It is time to collaborate to achieve the common goals of nation building by breaking down the internal walls and build a better external wall for the country security, privacy and economic development (official report)&quot;<br \/>\n\u2014 <strong>Prof. Cleopas Angaye (Director General, NITDA)<\/strong> [1]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>A national CERT ecosystem \u2014 a coordinated web of national, sectoral and organisational response teams that no single body would own \u2014 was tabled, with the National Security Adviser&#39;s office backing a national database and national CERT [1]<\/li>\n<li>The newly launched public key infrastructure and NIMC&#39;s unified identity project were presented as the twin pillars of online trust [1]<\/li>\n<li>The communiqu\u00e9 recorded the forum&#39;s dismay that the Cyber Security Bill had languished in the National Assembly for years, again demanding its passage [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. The First Youth Workshop \u2014 &#39;Give Us More Days&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Special youth workshop &#39;Business Opportunity in the Internet Industry&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A dedicated training track for young people, entrepreneurs and the press debuted, teaching internet-driven business opportunities \u2014 and helped push attendance well past the first edition [1][4][5]<\/li>\n<li>Young participants formally asked for more time, urging a multi-day forum, and proposed a committee to establish national resource telecentres for open internet access [1][4][5]<\/li>\n<li>The youth track introduced here grew into a full pre-event day at later NIGFs, seeding what became Nigeria&#39;s Youth IGF [1][4][5]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did this meeting decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. A 29-point communiqu\u00e9: build a national CERT ecosystem, create a unified national database, license 4G broadband, and pass the long-stalled cybersecurity bill \u2014 all feeding into Nigeria&#39;s position at the global IGF in Bali that October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most contentious point?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Whether government should monopolise policy-making. The communiqu\u00e9 declared the era of government as sole maker of policies and regulations over, enshrining multistakeholder participation at every level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Treating cable cuts and infrastructure attacks as national security prefigured today&#39;s global submarine-cable debates \u2014 and the image of payment terminals failing on congested networks is a reminder of how fragile cashless societies can be.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Nigeria IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-nigeria-igf-2013-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Nigeria IGF 2013 \u30a2\u30d6\u30b8\u30e3 \u2014 About Nigeria IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria IGF is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.<\/p>\n<h2>Why It Matters to You<\/h2>\n<p>What was discussed here becomes <strong>the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years<\/strong>. The principles confirmed at the 2013 meeting are the foundation of the &quot;next rules&quot; for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources &amp; References<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/NIGF_2013_Report.pdf\">NIGF 2013 Report<\/a> \u2014 NIGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8 igf.ng \u63b2\u8f09\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nira.org.ng\/nigf-reports-2\/\">NIGF REPORTS\uff08\u5e74\u6b21\u5831\u544a\u66f8\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\uff09<\/a> \u2014 NiRA\uff08\u30ca\u30a4\u30b8\u30a7\u30ea\u30a2\u30fb\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u767b\u9332\u5354\u4f1a\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.giswatch.org\/en\/country-report\/internet-governance\/nigeria\">Nigeria \u2014 GISWatch 2017 country report<\/a> \u2014 Global Information Society Watch (APC) \/ CITAD (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.giswatch.org\/en\/country-report\/internet-governance\/nigeria-igf\">Nigeria IGF \u2014 GISWatch special report on national IGF initiatives<\/a> \u2014 APC (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dig.watch\/event\/nigeria-internet-governance-forum-nigf\">Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF)<\/a> \u2014 DiploFoundation (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Quotes are translated or condensed from the records listed above. Bracketed numbers [n] refer to the source list.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Related links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IGF official (NRI list): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives\">https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Japan IGF: <a href=\"https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/\">https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yuki Nakazawa&#39;s blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/\">https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Revision History<\/h2>\n<p>Rev. 1 \u2014 published 7 September 2013, 14:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 17 July 2026, 12:32 (Fully revised into the in-depth edition: added the 3-line summary, minutes digest, short talk, source list and diagrams (all quotes verified against the listed sources))<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2nd Nigeria IGF met on 18 June 2013 at the Shehu Musa Yar&#8217;Adua Centre in Abuja under the theme &#8216;Internet Governance for Empowerment, Nat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,3,65,11],"tags":[163,161,160,162,2464,164],"class_list":["post-13056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afigf","category-igf","category-nigeria-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-minutes-digest","tag-nigeriaigf2013","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}